Cancer was hardly a word in my vocabulary until I came to work for 4Women.com. While I haven’t paid much attention to cancer, as an adult I have always focused attention on environmental... Read more >>

Breast cancer is no laughing matter. But Kim Newlen couldn’t help herself from trying to lighten the mood for her family, even as she recovered from a mastectomy and embarked on months of... Read more >>

Dear EarthTalk: Could our health be negatively affected by all the radio frequencies being bandied about by cell phones and cell phone towers, wireless pagers and Internet systems, and other uses of... Read more >>

Newly Diagnosed Cancer is a scary word. And with the emotions and fears it invokes, it may initially be hard for you to take in any of the information you need, or even feel like anyone else really... Read more >>

You might think I would be hungry after not eating a real food for nineteen years, but I am not. Almost twenty years ago, at age forty, I was diagnosed with throat cancer. Yes, I was a smoker.... Read more >>

  “Every cloud has a silver lining” is an idiom I’ve often heard but never really associated with any specific experience in my life. I’ve probably used the expression in... Read more >>

I had figured out how to handle the chemo treatments by this time. Sure, near the end is when we all have it figured out! I knew when I would get sick and I planned for it. I was able to function... Read more >>

This was sent to me.  The Big Bang theory was totally rejected at first.But those who supported it had predicted that the ignition of the Big Bang would have left behind a sort... Read more >>

On April 1st, I tripped up a curb and landed smack dab on my left elbow. I knew it was bad, since I hurt a loud crack and felt the worst pain I’d ever experienced. And I have lupus and... Read more >>

When Jim McKeon watched his five-year-old son Jimmy play a school basketball game and score 24 out of his teams’ total of 28 points, he knew his son was special. Then, almost out of nowhere,... Read more >>